Loran Smith explores the ancient ginkgo tree—its roots in dinosaur-era China, survival of Hiroshima and Japan’s 1923 quake, ...
From Edo’s fires and earthquakes to a rail network that moves 40 million riders a day, Tokyo is a case study in how a megacity can actually function. This episode follows the decisions, systems, and ...
A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make ...